I was recently trying to bring an old laptop back to life. It contained a MiniPCI Ralink RT2500. It had Maverick installed and the wireless worked.
I then started trying to install Trusty 14.04 on it. The wireless was constantly disabled in live CDs and I tried a bunch of workarounds that failed. I finally found the linux kernel bug report that was linked in this bug report and found that it was implemented in kernel 3.14.18 (just recently). So my workaround that finally fixed the issue was to install the 3.14.18 utopic kernel from here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.18-utopic/ Specifically for me it was the i386 debs: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.18-utopic/linux-headers-3.14.18-031418_3.14.18-031418.201409060201_all.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.18-utopic/linux-headers-3.14.18-031418-generic_3.14.18-031418.201409060201_i386.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.18-utopic/linux-image-3.14.18-031418-generic_3.14.18-031418.201409060201_i386.deb It would be much better from a long term standpoint if these changes were backported to 3.13 and put into the longterm kernel of trusty. Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335014 Title: RT2500pci Regression Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Since Kernel 3.4 the rt2500pci WLAN Hardware switch is permanent turned Off. That Blocks every Wlan Device to work on that System. This is the Commit that cause the Regression https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e2bc7c5f3cb8756865aa0ab140d2288f61599dda This is the Upstream Bug Report: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73821 Thats the Pull Request: http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=140293723015652&w=2 Thats the Commit in the linux-next Tree: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux- next.git/commit/?id=616a8394b5df8c88f4dd416f4527439a4e365034 I hope that this Fix get Backported to the affected Ubuntu Releases. Currectly a User has 2 Options with this Hardware. Bkacklist and use a WLAN-Stick or Blacklist and use the Windows XP Driver with the NDISWrapper. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-29-generic 3.13.0-29.53 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: laptop 1686 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Jun 27 11:35:53 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=846dd280-ab4d-4b25-902f-3d3e2798456b InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-11 (76 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: NOTEBOOK SAM2000 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available Socket 1: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card Socket 1: no card ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-29-generic root=UUID=a7b1d8e6-9dbc-4cbe-9ea7-f204ccde6281 ro RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-29-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-29-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.4 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-18 (69 days ago) WifiSyslog: dmi.bios.date: 08/24/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: A1013AM7 V3.50 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INT'L CO.,LTD dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrA1013AM7V3.50:bd08/24/2005:svnNOTEBOOK:pnSAM2000:pvr0131:cvnMICRO-STARINT'LCO.,LTD:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: SAM2000 dmi.product.version: 0131 dmi.sys.vendor: NOTEBOOK To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1335014/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
